Windows Phone 8 is coming in November, closely following Windows 8 when it launches at the end of October. It’s the winter of Windows! The new mobile phone software will be released to phone makers in September, before going public in new phones in November. HTC, Huawei, Nokia and Samsung will build Windows blowers packing …
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Stand by for a new Samsung Galaxy… something. Samsung has notified US press that it will make a ‘major announcement’ on 15 August. Will it be the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, or something else? A follow-up to the popular Samsung Galaxy Note tablet is hotly anticipated. A new version of the 5-inch oversized phone / mini-tablet / ‘phablet’ is expected …
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HTC One X, meet Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean, HTC One X. That’s the introductions out of the way, so I can get on with telling you that Jelly Bean, the next generation of Android, is coming to the HTC One X and HTC One S. The mobile maker told us: “We know HTC fans are excited to get their hands on …
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Sky Go is now on the Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Samsung Galaxy Note. The trio of Galaxy phones are the latest to stream Sky movies, sport and TV shows straight to your phone wherever you are. You can now watch Sky Go on 11 Android phones, including the HTC Desire, Desire S, Desire HD, Incredible S, Sensation and …
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ZTE is a pretty unknown brand in these parts — a brand X, if you will. But brand X just became Grand X, as the Chinese company announces the ZTE Grand X, a 4.3-inch, Android-powered dual-core smart phone. The Grand X is powered by a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core chipset. The powerful Tegra 2 chip lets you play souped-up games that you can …
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Nokia has taken another knock, losing £1.1bn in the last three months. The Finnish phone-fancier saw sales fall by a fifth, with sales of the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone-powered smart phones falling by a third. And things won’t improve in coming months, thanks to Microsoft’s decision to cut off current Lumia phones. Sales have fallen by a quarter over the …
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The first app for the blind to operate a smart phone is on sale today. Georgie, which makes Google’s mobile operating system Android easier to see or control with your voice, is available to download or pre-installed on phones including the Samsung Galaxy S3. Creator Roger Wilson-Hinds, who is registered blind, named the service after his wife’s first guide dog. …
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It looks like the HTC Desire HD will get Ice Cream Sandwich after all. After a Canadian network revealed the update had been cancelled, HTC has confirmed the upgrade will still take place as scheduled. Canadian phone network Telus Canada claimed “HTC has cancelled the HTC Desire HD ICS upgrade due to poor device performance during testing”, an assertion the …
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O2 is giving £10 to all its customers to say sorry for last week’s 24-hour network disaster. Some customers will also get 10 per cent off their bill — but only if you stick around. The network provider told us: “we recognise that this caused inconvenience and frustration for those who had a disruption in service. We have now identified …
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Another one bites the dust: the HTC Desire HD will not be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich, let alone Jelly Bean. According to Canuck canetwork Telus Canada, the Desire HD’s Ice Cream upgrade has been cancelled “due to poor device performance during testing.” That leaves the phone stuck on the venerable Gingerbread and unable to update to the latest version …
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